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The 1503 Yeste uprising

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The 1503 Yeste uprising

Historical milestone · Yeste, Sierra del Segura, Albacete

Image of Yeste, not of the place itself.

The residents rose in 1503 against the Catholic Monarchs' decision to abolish the tax franchises that had served to attract settlers to this frontier town; without exemptions, the range lost its main attraction for resettlement.

1503

Photo: Werner Wilmes (CC BY 2.0)

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